: ) Ah, Mrs. Daffodil, good try. However, following your link to the very caricaturist’s website could rather set Ashley on a wrong track.
The complete German saying goes “Narrenhände beschmieren Tisch und Wände”. Literally translated: “The hands of fools besmear [?] table and walls.”
Well, and sometimes fire doors. : )
What let you stumble upon Kolkmeyer’s site?

With my inadequate grasp of the German language, I got the part about besmearing table and walls, but didn’t get “Narrenhande” (although “hande” should have clued me in. I though that “Narrenhande” might be a name and googled it as a single word. Meanwhile, “Deine Mutter schmiert die Butter immer an der Wand lang” was running through my mind. Sorry for any confusion caused by my confusion.

No, no! No reason to write ‘sorry’, Mrs. Daffodil. I just wanted to save the caricaturist’s reputation
In the article he mentions that when he was 12 he often heard that very saying and thus was sent to an art school. : )
“Deine Mutter schmiert die Butter immer an der Wand lang” gave me a big smile. Thank you.

I could never open a fire door…
Now that I have restarted to take photos, I look everywhere for whimsical, original views like yours. Either Toronto is the most boring place in the world , or I don’t have the right pair of eyes!

Hello Brandon. Welcome. 🙂
I wouldn’t really consider this street art but I must say I like the overall look of so many squiggly bits together.
There is some street art in Sydney but what I’ve seen is not as impressive nor as copious as I gather it is in some other cities.